These are historical newspapers. Some stories use language and express views that are offensive today.

The wars & local soldiers, 1867

4 stories in New England's papers

Prospects of War Between France and Prussia

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Saturday 15 June 1867 · page 4

Great military preparations are being made in France. Sixty thousand needle guns and forty thousand breech loaders have just been…

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A Terrible Engine of War

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Saturday 3 August 1867 · page 4

A LETTER from Heidelberg in the 'Temps' says:—"M. Gustave Strove, the chief of the Baden insurrection of 1848, raises a corner of…

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Weapons of War

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Saturday 10 August 1867 · page 4

THE firing of the Chassepot rifle has astonished the Emperor of the French by its destructiveness. In two minutes a battalion of 500 men, at 600 yards from the mark, had…

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The American Indian War

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Saturday 9 November 1867 · page 4

THE desperate nature of the fighting which is now going on between the United States Government and the Indians will be gathered from the following letter in the…

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